In my library this morning, it is quiet. My dog is asleep on her chair in front of a wall of books. My desk is covered with Bibles and stacks of biblical resources. My preaching Bible is open to 1 Peter 2:12-17, and I am focused on accurately dividing God’s words to his people.

The bottom line up front (BLUF) from this text? Our conduct demonstrates our Commander. To quote a dear Christian saint who has now gone on to her reward, “What’s down in the well comes up in the bucket.” We invariably make our theology visible. How we live demonstrates what we believe; all else is mere talk.

The time before and with the Christian saints this morning will be precious. But so much depends upon the disposition of the heart. It is now . . . in this quiet, in this stillness, in this time of solitude, when God reveals my own unworthiness but his own glory and sufficiency. I learn again and again that it is Christ we are to proclaim. It is Christ’s church; it is Christ’s bride; it is Christ who “commands my destiny,” as the hymn phrases it in the song “In Christ Alone.”

Our conduct demonstrates who commands us. Therefore, as Peter says, we are to keep our conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against us as evildoers, they may see our good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation (1 Pt 2:12).

Our conduct reveals who commands us. Lord, make me faithful.

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